At a glance
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Identifiers
- WikidataGeoNamesPleiades
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Summary
A city in western Iran, where Ibn Sina served as vizier and where he died in 1037 CE.
Location
Its approximate coordinates are 34.7983 north and 48.5148 east. 1
In the museum
The museum's material on this place includes people who died there. Died here: 1.
People who died here
What this page covers
This page gathers what the museum links to the place: events, people and buildings. It is not a full historical description of the place. The description and history of the place, from the original sources, will be added in the next batches.
Connections
- Place of death of
- Aref Qazvini· مجد الدين أسعد الميهني· عين القضاة الهمذاني· Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
- Birthplace of
- Sayyid Jamal al-Din Va'iz· Shirin Ebadi· يوسف الهمذاني
- Site of
- Abu al-Hayja sent against Hamadan· Conquest of Hamadan and Waj Rudh (22 AH)· Ibn Sina becomes vizier to Shams al-Dawla at Hamadan· The Mongol Sweep through Jibal, Azerbaijan and Georgia· The Tatars Return to Rayy and Hamadan in 621 AH
People and things also explored
Rayy· Ibn Sina becomes vizier to Shams al-Dawla at Hamadan· Ibn Sina (Avicenna)· Avicenna Mausoleum· Al-Biruni at Qābūs's court, Gurgān· Ibn Sina travels west to Gorgan· Ibn Sina enters Buyid service at Rayy· Ibn Sina withdraws to Khuzistan
Sources
- GeoNames gazetteer
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Hamadan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/hamadan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.